Tukingassoq Island

Tukingassoq Island
Tukingasek
	Tukingassoq Island
Geography
Location	Baffin Bay, Greenland
Coordinates	72°10′N55°53′W / 72.167°N 55.883°W
Archipelago	Upernavik Archipelago

Last updated June 12, 2025

Tukingassoq Island is an island of Greenland. It is located in Baffin Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago. On 14 July 1921, the Bele, a ship chartered by Knud Rasmussen's Fifth Thule Expedition struck a rock near the island, dooming the expedition. The ship was lost and all 42 passengers had to take refuge ashore.^[1] Tukingassoq Island is used a point to designate the territorial sea of Greenland by the United Nations.^[2]

As of 2003, breeding species of black guillemot have been sighted there.^[3]

References

↑ Harper, Ken (2021-07-10). "A rocky start to the Fifth Thule Expedition". Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
↑ Order No. 191 of 27 May 1963 on the Delimitation of the Territorial Sea of Greenland. National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations. Page 1.
↑ Boertmann, David. Seabird colonies and moulting harlequin ducks in South Greenland Results of a survey in July 2003. Research Notes from NERI No. 191. National Environmental Research Institute Ministry of the Environment, Denmark. p. 21

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[1] Harper, Ken (2021-07-10). "A rocky start to the Fifth Thule Expedition". Nunatsiaq News. Retrieved 2025-06-11.

[2] Order No. 191 of 27 May 1963 on the Delimitation of the Territorial Sea of Greenland. National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations. Page 1.

[3] Boertmann, David. Seabird colonies and moulting harlequin ducks in South Greenland Results of a survey in July 2003. Research Notes from NERI No. 191. National Environmental Research Institute Ministry of the Environment, Denmark. p. 21

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